The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12

you see those marks, and balancing the little
fat legs on each side and laying the child
along the wire on its stomach, put the
chubby arms around the cold iron log This
DONE with yell like some wounded wild
ANIMAL he clambered down one of those
slim iron rods, and screaming with laughter,
as If at some, huge joke successfully per
petrated, escaped down those steps to the
bank below, and was out of sight behind
that bucket factory almost instantly No
one opposed him or cared to pursue, for all
eyes and interest now centred in the babe
helplessly hanging between earth and
heaven. 1t seemed stunned or stupefied at
its situation. 1t neither cried nor smiled
but clung with that brave sobriety of baby
hood, and, being well balanced, seemed ui-
able to let go. No one dared to attract its
attention by an encouraging word or a
warning caution. BY sort of common
consent dead silence fell on the crowd
which by this time had become immense
No ladder i'll the city could reach half the
distance, no man could ever either walk or
climb up that smooth epund metal log. No
man but the one who had just done it could
hand over hand those slim iron rods which
hung from the curving beam. Ifperchance
sailor-like climber or a goat-footed rope
walker could be found all felt that to excite
the boy and make him spring with JOY or
shrink with fear would be to precipitate him
from his lofty perch
gazed at the marks which indicated that
lofty perch" and my head grew giddy with
the picture The lofty towers seemed to al
most reach the clouds, and only few feet
from their highest point were the two white
marks, small crosses. | saw at a glance the
hopeleSSness OF a rescue and waited in
shlvering anticipation to hear the sicken-
ing end. Bob became more animated and
resumed:
''While the entire crowd seemed at their
wits end, and every eye was fixed upon the
child. expecting its momentary fall. a COM
motion at the farther end of the bridge at
tracted my ear, A murmur rippled through
the vast assembly, which had now swelled
to thousands. The murmur was subtlued
sob of sympathy, and | caught the words
his mother as it subsidized again into silence
l saw the crowd part just over there, and a
pale woman with look of horror on the
most beautiful face | ever saw stepped
through the opening The haby's back
was turned to her. Hiss beastly father had
faced him towards the tower saw her
look moment and clasp her hands in an
agony that wrung every heart in that inn
menSe crowd
Suddenly her whole appearance changed
White teeth closed over her under lip till
drop of blood oozed over its curves. and
slowly ran like red tear down the perfect
chin. The crowd opened wherever she
turned, and some stepped to her side with
sympathetic words as she quickly crossed to
this walk and came to that point where the
wire rope hangs lowest. There she stepped
upon it, and began walking cautiously step
by step upward. When she reached the
point where it rises to about six feet, and
she could no longer touch that centre rail
ing with one hand, she paused a moment
gathered her skirts tightly and modestly
around her feet, and sliding to a sitting
posture, placed one foot on each side that
immense cable, and began ascending as
schoolboys skin a log. Advancing her
hands foot at time, she drew her body
upward by a series of bitches. The crowd
stood breathlesS The woman was astride
the cable in the presence of almost a city,
where was the soul that thought to even
smile? Not there. Every eye was fixed
upon her, heart was praying for her. Men for
got to even breathe, and women with hands
clasped and uplifted eyes sank on their
knees. Mothers clasped babes closer and
tears stTeamed down unconscious faces Not
a whisper or a word was breathed. The
silence of an awful suspense hung over that
sea of upturned faces. Presently those near
est could see that her hands were torn and
bleeding, but she seemed unconscious OF il.
Her hair became unbound and gradually
shook out of coil till it fell like a waving
brown veil around her. 1t was magnificent
hair